1. Impressive location and history of Tien Phi Cave
Tien Phi cave is located on the top of Thung Phi hill, in Xom Gai, Tan Hoa ward, Hoa Binh city, Hoa Binh province.
In recent years, Tien Phi Cave is one of the tourist attractions near and far of Hoa Binh Province. The location of the cave is at an altitude of 80m above the field, the mouth of the cave faces to the northeast. To enter the cave, visitors will have to go through a narrow, steep rock crevice to enter the cave.
When visitors have gone through a long zigzag road on Thung Phi hill, they will see hundreds of wide stone steps, each step of about 2m will take visitors’ feet while walking, enjoying the natural hills and mountains with the air. fresh. On both sides of the road, there will be forest trees blooming with white flowers. From time to time there will be purple trellis, there are baskets of luong flowers dangling like ant nests. After walking for a while, you will see each rock leaning against the tree creating a heart shape.
Once you have climbed to the top of the hill, there are rows of casuarinas, rows of tall eucalyptus trees, but standing peacefully among the windy mountains. Because it is a place with a long history, there are still large rocks lying close to the edge of the hill. Therefore, Tien Phi Cave is an interesting place that many visitors step on to satisfy their curiosity. Standing on this one can also see the beautiful scenery of the city from afar.
When entering the inside of the cave, visitors will discover the wonderful and mysterious beauty of Tien Phi cave. Stepping in here, visitors will surely be amazed by the natural stalactites located deep in the cave, Not just ordinary rocks, here each stone block is created into soft shapes. If you look closely at each stone block, you will see a convergence of fairies, fairy men, lions, elephants, turtles, tigers… But the most famous one is still “the pearl of Tien Phi fairy land”, this cave has been attached. with the story of the fairy sister with a strip of clothes like a cloud flying to find the younger fairy in the world that has been handed down for a long time.
Stepping deep into the space of the main cave, visitors will see the rock populations arranged like a magnificent castle skillfully, naturally with each drop of water standing on the rock surface, this point has attracted the attention of tourists. Many tourists come to the cave.
Many tourists, because they were so admiring the majestic natural beauty of Tien Phi Cave, lingered for a long time to film and take pictures of the beautiful rock formations. When the flash is turned on to shoot, in the weak light, the beautiful scene appears blurry, extremely impressive.
2. Guide to move to Tien Phi Cave
Tien Phi Cave is 70km from Hanoi city center, so it takes just over 1 hour by car to get here. To move to Tien Phi Cave, you can move in the following ways:
- Go by motobike. For the form of motorbike riding, you go with a group or with a lover of 2 or more people will be suitable. If you include the rest time in the middle of the road, it will be more than 1 hour.
- Go by private car. For families who have their own car, the travel time is about 1 hour.
- Go by bus. For tourists traveling by bus, you can go to My Dinh bus station to find a car because there are many trips and the ticket price is also quite cheap.
- Take the tour. If you choose to go on a tour, you will follow the instructions of the school, so you don’t have to worry about transportation.
3. Unique structure in Tien Phi Cave
The entire structure of the cave is divided into two compartments:
- The outer compartment is 15m long, 8m wide, and the ceiling dome is 20m high.
On the partition and ceiling of the outer compartment, there are many stalactites and stone veins that hang down and spread out to form many funny and very vivid images, this is suitable as a place to check in and save pictures. interesting.
Above the arch of the cave, near the door, you will see a way to the top of the mountain, looking closely it looks like a skylight. It is this skylight that allows natural light to enter, making the space inside the cave become blurry, the scene inside the cave is even more sparkling.
- The inner compartment is 53m long, 20m wide, 10m high ceiling arch.
Above the vaulted ceiling of the inner compartment are stalactites hanging down as soft and graceful as soft curtains. As you go deeper inside, visitors will encounter more and more strange stalactites, some of which look like human figures, trees, flower clusters, fruit clusters…. This is the impressive highlight of the interior compartment. motion.
There are stalactites that have undergone the wear and tear of time, they have been created with vivid images. Many times you will see images such as palaces, stone bells, stone gongs, flying eagles, adoring elephants… At the end of the cave, visitors will immediately encounter a semicircular fairy well. Inside the well there is clear, cool water.
It can be said that Tien Phi Cave is a masterpiece that nature has bestowed on Hoa Binh. The cave has a beauty that captivates visitors, it is because of this natural beauty that visitors do not want to leave the wonderland of Muong land.
4. How to have fun when coming to the cave?
In Tien Phi Cave, there are not only unique landscapes bestowed by nature, when coming here, visitors also have the opportunity to participate in the great and unique festivals of Hoa Binh . At the beginning of the year, when the Dong Tien Festival takes place, visitors can also live in the colorful cultural space of more than 10 ethnic groups here.
The festival is held on the 9th day of the first lunar month (lunar calendar) every year. Dong Tien Festival is an opportunity for people to wish for themselves and their families a new year with favorable rain, good wind, bountiful crops, and a happy home.
When participating in the festival, visitors have the opportunity to enjoy the unique culture of the ethnic groups here through traditional ritual customs and folk songs. A number of cultural and sports activities for entertainment and health training such as playing human chess, blindfolded catching goats, spinning, climbing, tug of war, Dong Tien painting contest, Mong Khen dance contest…
5. Special dishes not to be missed in the cave
Coming to Tien Phi Cave, one thing visitors cannot miss is enjoying the specialties of the region. These dishes are specialties brought by the people such as:
- Cham Chu wine on Bay Deo mountain of Dao Tien people in Minh Huong commune is distilled from the yeast of Cham Chu forest leaves;
- Sip dried buffalo meat in Yen Phu commune, a specialty made from Minh Huong gourd duck;
- Lam rice from glutinous rice, eight fragrant rice of Phu Luu, Minh Huong;
- Nhan Muc’s specialty field carp;
- Mistletoe wine of the Red Dao people in Minh Khuong commune…
A perfect trip is definitely not complete without souvenirs. Coming to Tien Phi Cave, visitors can also buy precious medicinal herbs of ethnic minorities in Bach Xa commune, Minh Dan commune; buy forest honey in Yen Thuan, Minh Khuong, Bach Xa and Thanh Long communes as gifts for relatives at home.
Tien Phi Cave, a natural-given cave, is a magnificent work from nature that surely visitors cannot miss. Coming here, you will definitely see unique images that have never been seen in real life.
Source: Collected internet.